My new project - VW Beetle 1960 Convertible
Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 12:37 am
I think it's time for me to start making a new toy , This will be a long term project, might take more than one year, turning an ugly scraped car wrongly done by the previous owner into a beauty.
My base car is a VW beetle 1960 convertible .. I've been searching for this car in Egypt for the last 2 years, finally found one for sale (there are only 11 Classic convertible beetles registered in Egypt, 7 originals and 4 converted from Saloon car to a convertible).
I will do my project in Egypt ... There are a lot of saloon beetles in Egypt and it will be easy to find spare parts there ... One of my friends is there and to excited to start the project with me. (He doesn't know what he is getting him self into )
Here are some pictures of the base car: You can see from the pictures that the car was really mis treated ... The previous owner upgraded the body into a 1973 He changed the original 1960 fenders, put a 1976 Engine lid, and a 1971 saloon doors very badly cut into convertible doors (Look at the window work). The roof was re-done at a barber shop I think , he replaced the Original 1.2L Engine with a 1973 1.6L Engine and added a 1976 Dash board. He also changed the bumpers into a 1973 look and finalized his work with the worst wheels selection and an ugly yellow color to end up with the ugliest beetle convertible in the world.
My project is to turn this car into a beauty that looks like this Or This I will start by stripping the car into bare metal .. Return every thing back to original .. Original fenders, original Body parts, original doors and wondows .... fix all the rust in the body and the main chassi panel
Replace the existing front and rear drum brakes into disk brakes
Give it a new roof, new seats, carpets and return the interior to original factory type.
Redo the wiring harness and all the electrical work.
For the Engine .. will have a Geox 2110 Performance Engine that is producing 200HP (I think existing 1.6 is producing 55HP Only)
Performance gearbox and clutch from Geox performance
and an A/C from Gilmore Enterprises (yes, you can fit an A/C into a beetle)
What do you think guys and girls? Give me your views, ideas and pictures
My base car is a VW beetle 1960 convertible .. I've been searching for this car in Egypt for the last 2 years, finally found one for sale (there are only 11 Classic convertible beetles registered in Egypt, 7 originals and 4 converted from Saloon car to a convertible).
I will do my project in Egypt ... There are a lot of saloon beetles in Egypt and it will be easy to find spare parts there ... One of my friends is there and to excited to start the project with me. (He doesn't know what he is getting him self into )
Here are some pictures of the base car: You can see from the pictures that the car was really mis treated ... The previous owner upgraded the body into a 1973 He changed the original 1960 fenders, put a 1976 Engine lid, and a 1971 saloon doors very badly cut into convertible doors (Look at the window work). The roof was re-done at a barber shop I think , he replaced the Original 1.2L Engine with a 1973 1.6L Engine and added a 1976 Dash board. He also changed the bumpers into a 1973 look and finalized his work with the worst wheels selection and an ugly yellow color to end up with the ugliest beetle convertible in the world.
My project is to turn this car into a beauty that looks like this Or This I will start by stripping the car into bare metal .. Return every thing back to original .. Original fenders, original Body parts, original doors and wondows .... fix all the rust in the body and the main chassi panel
Replace the existing front and rear drum brakes into disk brakes
Give it a new roof, new seats, carpets and return the interior to original factory type.
Redo the wiring harness and all the electrical work.
For the Engine .. will have a Geox 2110 Performance Engine that is producing 200HP (I think existing 1.6 is producing 55HP Only)
Performance gearbox and clutch from Geox performance
and an A/C from Gilmore Enterprises (yes, you can fit an A/C into a beetle)
What do you think guys and girls? Give me your views, ideas and pictures